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Brazilian Parliament calls for the freeze of the Israel-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”. This decision is an explicit act of pressure on Israel to comply […]

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Farmers protest permits and gates

Farmers protested the permit and gate system which locks them out of their lands in the village of Beit Surik. Farmers from the surrounding villages marched to the gates, forcing them open before Occupation forces arrived. On Sunday morning, farmers from the villages of Biddu, Beit Surik, Qatana, Beit ‘Anan gathered at the gate which […]

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Soldiers fire on demonstration, kidnap two following Tutu visit

***image2***Occupation forces fired tear gas and sound bombs at demonstrators in Bil’in on Friday. During the night following the protest, soldiers raided the village and kidnapped several more residents. These actions follow Desmond Tutu and others to the village the day prior. On Friday the people of Bil’in, supported by Israeli and international activists, marched […]

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Join the annual Palestinian olive harvest!

The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees are coordinating collective efforts to safeguard the annual olive harvest and are calling on volunteers to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities and join in the harvest, which will begin 15 October 2009. The harvesting of the olives is becoming more difficult every year as farmers face […]